James henry elliott



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES HENRY ELLIOTT, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

DINING-COACH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,424, dated April 5,1887.

Application filed November 24, 1886. Serial No. 219,793.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, J AMEs HENRY ELLIOTT, acitizen of Great Britain,residing at Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, have in ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Dining-Coaches; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to railwaycoaehes, and has for its object,principally, the provision of a coach with such a construction that itshall embody facilities for serving lunches and meals not only to theoccupants of the coach itself, but to occupants of other coachescomprising the train. In other words, the object of the invention is toadapt a firstclass (lining coach to use as a second class diningcoach,and this without the necessity of interfering with the service of eitherclass of passengers or requiring any commingling of the one class withthe other.

WVit-h this general object in view my invention consists in arailway-coach constructed as hereinafter described, the novel featuresbeing particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a horizontal transverse sectionor floor plan of a coach constructed in accordance with my invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal and substantially central vertical section ofFig. 1.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

A represents the floor; 13, the walls; 0, the windows; D, the seats, andE removable tables arranged between the seats.

A portion of one end of the coach is separated from the remainder by apartition, F, provided with a door, F, at the end of the aisle FFbetween the seats. A door, F, affords access from the platform of thecoach. The portion separated from the main part of the coach by thepartition F is itself divided into two parts or sections, G H, by apartition, I, a door, J, being arranged therein for the purpose ofaffording access to the platform for first-class passengers, whendesired. The former compartment may be termed the first classdining-room,while the compartment H is the secondclass dining-room, andis separated from the compartment G by the par- (No model.)

tition I and doors J, and is accessible to second-class passengers inthe following coaches of the train.

By the arrangement thus far described it is apparent that when providedwith suitable accessories first-class passengers of the coach can obtainlunches or meals without conimingling with second-class passengers.

In order to facilitate the service of both classes of passengers, Iutilize a portion, K, of the coach as a kitchen, the range L beingarranged in one corner, a partition, M, serving to separate thekitchenfrom both dining-rooms. \Vickets N communicate with each of the rooms Gand H, and each of said rooms is provided with lunch counters 0. Betweenthe lavatory I? and the kitchen I arrange the refrigerator Q, andbeneath the floor of the coach I construct a cellar, It, havingtrap-doors It, providing access thereto. A stationary washstand, S, isalso provided for the second-c1ass dining-room H. A seat, T, may beprovided in the room G opposite the lavatory.

When the accessories above described are provided and arranged asdetailed, it will be seen that the greatest cconom y of space ispracticed and egress and ingress unobstructed.

This latter advantage is very much facilitated by curvingthelunch-counters, and an enlargement of the kitchen is secured bycurving the partition to agree with the outlines of the counters.

At each end of the lavatory P are to be placed ice-water tanks U abovethe basins or wash-stands, and beneath the basins are tanks V,containing washwater, to be drawn by pumps IV, emptying into the basinsat each side.

The lavatory P may be divided off and separated from that part orsection G of the car or coach by means of a heavy sliding curtain, X,(see'dotted lines, Fig. 1,) extending across from the refrigerator Q tothe opposite partition,F, of the coach, and far enough from the wall ofthe coach to admit of several passengers using the lavatory at the sametime. At the end and on the outside of the cellar R doors It are provided, so that vegetables and other stores can be placed therein andremoved therefrom.

Upon the side of the wash-stand or basin S in the section II of thecoach is placedapump, XV, communicating with awater-tank beneath, thispump being for the use of second-class passengers, and above the basin Smay be placed an ice-water tank for drinking purposes, if desired.

It is evident that the positions of the cooking-range L and therefrigerator Q may be reversed.

In order to obviate the necessity of employing extra stoves for thepurpose of heating the coach, I arrange hot-water pipes L around therange L,said pipes extending along the sides or walls of the car,thus'utilizing the heat from the range for this purpose.

Of course it is understood that the tables E, when not in use, may beremoved, so that the coach may be used for ordinary purposes.

Having described my invention; what I claim is- 1. In a coach of theclass described, adouble dining-room arranged at the end thereof anddivided into two separate distinct compart ments by a transversepartition, one division of the dining-room communicating directly withthe passenger-compartment and the other directly with the platform, anda kitchen communicating by wickets with each of said separatecompartments, substantially as specified.

2. In a coach of the class described, separate dining-rooms arranged atthe end thereof, and a kitchen arranged at one corner of the coach andprovided with communicating wickets for each of the dining-rooms,substantially as specified.

3. In a coach of the class described, a kitchen arranged at one cornerand along the side, a transverse partition extending from the Wall ofthe kitchen to the opposite'wall of the coach and provided with a door,and curved counters arranged between said door and the wall of thekitchen, whereby an unobstructed passage is provided from the platformto the main portion of the coach, substantially as specified.

4. In a coach of the class described, akitchen located at the corner ofthe coach and along a portion of its side, and separated by a curvedpartition provided with wickets, a transverse partition extending fromthe opposite wall of the coach to the kitchen-wall and to a point between the wickets, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES HENRY ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HAMILTON J ouns, GEORGE LOTHROP STARR.

